Fellow
Goethe University, Frankfurt
Networks of the Jewish Mission: Missionaries, Jews, and Converts within the Milieu of the Proselyte Institutions of the 18th Century
My dissertation examines the Protestant mission to the Jews in the Holy Roman Empire and England during the 18th century. At this time, several missionary and proselyte institutions were founded to convert Jews to Christianity. Rather than viewing these efforts as isolated initiatives, I approach them as part of a wider European missionary network. In doing so, the project highlights the active role of Jews, catechumens and converts, and explores their perspectives, responses, and agency within and around these institutions.